Christmas Gnomes

Christmas Gnomes
by Natalia Erkhova
translated by Ella Kovalyova

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The size of the gnomes made of recommended yarn is about 19 cm.
Materials:
1) Yarn
❖ Alize superlana KLASIK (acrylic - 75%, wool - 25%, 100g/ 280m) for the gnomes
and their outfit
➢ white (#55),
➢ milk (#01),
➢ light gray (#208),
➢ gray (#21),
➢ dark gray (#182),
➢ red (#56)
❖ YarnArt MINK (polyamide - 100%, 50g/ 75m), white (#330) for decorating the
caps
2) 2 black beads (or safety eyes) d= 8mm
3) Buttons, beads or any other decoration pieces for the gnome’s outfit (or embroidery
thread)
4) Filler of your choice
5) Crochet hook (I used № 2.5)
6) Sewing thread of fitting colors
7) Sewing needle and scissors
8) Great inspiration
The recommended yarn can be replaced with any other yarn.
Abbreviations:
(US standard of the Craft Yarn Council)
st/ sts - stitch/es
ch - chain/s
sl st - slip stitch
sc - single crochet
dc - double crochet
tr - treble crochet
inc - increase: crochet 2 sc in 1 stitch
dec - decrease: crochet 2 stitches together as 1 sc
(...) - number of stitches in a row/round
(...)* - repeat the stitches in brackets the specified number of times
BLO - work in back loop of a stitch only
FLO - work in front loop of a stitch only
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All parts except for the beard and elbow bend of the arm, are crochet in spiral
rounds. It's recommended to use a stitch marker or contrasting thread to mark
rounds.
Pay attention to the pattern instructions for how to crochet certain rounds/rows:
in both loops, FLO or BLO.
All the parts of the gnome-boy and gnome-girls are the same, but the boy has a beard
and the girl an embroidered dress and braids.
Head / Body
● Begin with milk color yarn

1) 6 sc in a magic ring
2) inc*6 (12 sc).
3) (1 sc, inc)*6 (18 sc).
4) (inc, 2 sc)*6 (24 sc).
5) (3 sc, inc)*6 (30 sc).
6) 1 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc)*5, 3 sc (36 sc).

● If you use safety eyes, install them in the 9th round after the 8th sc.
7) - 11) 36 sc (5 rounds).
● Change the yarn to gray one
12) (5 sc, inc)*6 (42 sc).
13) 42 sc.
14) 2 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc)*5, 4 sc (48 sc).
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15) 48 sc.
16) (7 sc, inc)*6 (54 sc).
17) - 18) 54 sc.
● When crocheting the gnome-girl, change the yarn to light gray (it’s her dress)
● When crocheting the gnome-boy, continue crocheting with the gray yarn
19) - 26) 54 sc (8 rounds).

In the left photo: the front view of the parts; in the right photo - the back view.
27) (dec, 7 sc)*6 (48 sc).

28) - 31) 48 sc (4 rounds).
● Change the yarn to the dark gray (for both gnome versions)
32) BLO: 48 sc.
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33) 48 sc.
34) BLO: (dec, 4 sc)*8 (40 sc).
35) 2 sc, dec, (3 sc, dec)*7, 1 sc (32 sc).
36) (dec, 2 sc)*8 (24 sc).
37) (1 sc, dec)*8 (16 sc).
● Stuff the part
38) dec*8 (8 sc).
39) 8 sc.
● Fasten off, close the final hole, leave a long tale for sculpting.
Make sculpting to do the bottom of the toy flat. Pull the yarn tail in the top point of the
part, tighten slightly and fix.
In the left photo: the front view of the parts; in the right photo - the back view.
Nose
● Work in spiral rounds
● Make chain of 4 loops
1) 2 sc, 3 sc in the last st, 1 sc, inc (8 sc).
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2) inc*8 (16 sc).

3) 16 sc.
4) 16 sc, 1 sl st.
● Fasten off, cut the yarn, weave the yarn tail in.
Cap
● Work with the red yarn
1) 4 sc in a magic ring
2) - 3) 4 sc.
4) (1 sc, inc)*2 (6 sc).
5) - 6) 6 sc.
7) inc*6 (12 sc).
8) - 9) 12 sc.
10) (1 sc, inc)*6 (18 sc).
11) - 12) 18 sc.
13) (inc, 2 sc)*6 (24 sc).
14) - 15) 24 sc.
16) (3 sc, inc)*6 (30 sc).
17) - 18) 30 sc.
19) 1 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc)*5, 3 sc (36 sc).
20) - 21) 36 sc.
22) (5 sc, inc)*6 (42 sc).
23) - 24) 42 sc.
25) 2 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc)*5, 4 sc (48 sc).
26) - 27) 48 sc.
28) (7 sc, inc)*6 (54 sc).
29) - 30) 54 sc.
31) 3 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc)*5, 5 sc (60 sc).
32) 60 sc.
● Change the red yarn to the white MINK

(textured) yarn and crochet the fur edge of the
cap.
33) 60 sc, 1 sl st
● Fasten off, cut the yarn, weave the tail in.
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Hands
● Make 2 pcs for each gnome
● The left and right hands are made the same
● Start from a glove
Glove
● Work with the red yarn

Make 3 ch.
1) 1 sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, inc (6 sc).
2) inc*6 (12 sc).
3) - 4) 12 sc.
5) Making a thumb: 6 sc, make 4 tr together in the 1 next
stitch, 5 sc (12).
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In the left photo: the top view of the part; in the right photo - the side view.
6) 12 sc.
7) (dec, 1 sc)*4 (8 sc).
8) FLO: (inc, 1 sc)*4, 1 sl st (12

sc).
● Fasten off, cut the yarn,
weave the tail in.
● Stuff the part slightly.
Sleeve
1) work with the gray yarn, starting in the 5th st of the 7th round (above the thumb, see
the blue arrow in the photo below).
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Make 8 sc in the sts of the 7th round (BLO), place the stitch marker.
2) - 3) 8 sc (see the photo above)
Making the elbow bend, work in back-and-forth rows.

4) 7 sc, 1 sl st, 1 ch.
5) skip 1 st, 5 sc, 1 sl st, 1 ch.
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6) skip 1 st, 5 sc, 1 sc in the skipped st of the previous round.

7) 1 sc, 1 sc in the skipped st of the previous round, 6 sc (8 sc).
8) - 12) 8 sc (5 rounds).
13) 3 sc, put the edges together, make 4 sc in the opposite sts
● Fasten off, cut the yarn, weave the tail in.
We have such hands.
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Beard
● Use the white yarn.
1 Make a base for the beard.

● Work in back-and-forth rows, in BLO
Make a chain of 13 loops.
1) 12 sc, 1 ch.
2) inc, 10 sc, inc, 1 ch (14 sc).
3) 14 sc, 1 ch.
4) dec, 10 sc, dec, 1 ch (12 sc).
5) dec, 8 sc, dec, 1 ch (10 sc).
6) dec, 6 sc, dec, 1 ch (8 sc).
7) dec, 4 sc, dec, 1 ch (6 sc).
8) dec, 2 sc, dec, 1 ch (4 sc).
9) dec*2 (2 sc).
2 Cut the yarn strands for the beard.
In order for the beard to look like a real one, attach a lot of yarn pieces, 14-15 cm long
(about 6''), to it.
You can make such identical yarn strands quickly using a fitting cardboard piece. Wrap
your yarn around it and cut the strands at one of the sides.
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3 Attach the yarn strands to the base of the beard.
In the photos below the red yarn is used for clarity.

Fold 2 yarn strands in half and pull them through a front loop of stitch using your crochet
hook (photo # 1, 2), then thread the strands tips through the resulting loop (photo # 3)
and tighten them (photo # 4).
First attach the strands to the base chain (at the top), then in the front loops of the 2nd,
4th, 6th, 8th rows, and also in the loops of the 9th row.
It turns out six rows.
In the photo: the red arrows show the rows for attaching yarn strands.
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Leave a space for the nose in the middle of the 1st row. Attach the yarn strands in the
first 3 stitches, skip 6 stitches for the nose, then attach the yarn in the remaining 3 sts.
Photo: the finished 1st row of the beard.
In the rest rows, the strands are attached in each stitch of the rows.
In the left photo: the face view of the beard; in the right photo - the back view.
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4 Trim the beard.
Braids (2 pcs)
You need 24 yarn strands, 50 cm long, for each braid. Fold them in half, divide into 3
parts (16 strands each) and braid them. The braids are weaved free, when starting, and
more tightly at the end. The braids are sewn to the top of the head, so try on them as
you braid to determine the needed length. Tie a red strand or ribbon around the tip of
the braid, shorten the strands if necessary.
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Assembling
1 Decorate the caps and the dress of the gnome-girl.
You can decorate the caps with bright buttons, beads, snowflakes or any other cute
pieces. I used embroidery.
2 Sew the beard.
Sew the beard to the 11th round of the head/body. In the next photo the sewing line is
marked in red.
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3 Sew the nose.
Sew the gnome-boy's nose over the beard. In this case, one half of the nose is sewn
directly to the head, and the other half through the beard to the head. Before finishing
the seam, add the filler into the nose.
The nose of the gnome-girl is attached to the 10-14 rounds.
4 Sew the eyes.
Sew the eyes (beads) above the nose, very close each other.
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5 Sew the hands.
Sew the hands to the 12th round at the sides.
6 Sew the braids of the gnome-girl.
The braids are sewn to the top of the head, the inner side of the braid are also sewn to
the 12th round (see the red arrow in the photo below).
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7 Sew the caps.
To be able to turn up the cap edge and see the gnome's amused glance, do not sew the
cap above the eyes. For the gnome-boy, the seam reaches the edges of the beard, for
the gnome-girl, the middle of the braids.
In the photo: the sewing line is marked in blue.
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Now your Christmas gnomes are finished and ready to start preparing for
Christmas and New Year holidays.
Thank you for your interest in my work.
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The size of the gnomes made of recommended yarn is about 19 cm.

The recommended yarn can be replaced with any other yarn.

● Begin with milk color yarn

6) 1 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc)*5, 3 sc (36 sc).

19) - 26) 54 sc (8 rounds).

27) (dec, 7 sc)*6 (48 sc).

2) inc*8 (16 sc).

● Work with the red yarn

● Change the red yarn to the white MINK

● Work with the red yarn

8) FLO: (inc, 1 sc)*4, 1 sl st (12

2) - 3) 8 sc (see the photo above)

Making the elbow bend, work in back-and-forth rows.

6) skip 1 st, 5 sc, 1 sc in the skipped st of the previous round.

● Work in spiral rounds

We have such hands.

1 Make a base for the beard.

2 Cut the yarn strands for the beard.

3 Attach the yarn strands to the base of the beard.

In the photos below the red yarn is used for clarity.

4 Trim the beard.

1 Decorate the caps and the dress of the gnome-girl.

2 Sew the beard.

3 Sew the nose.

The nose of the gnome-girl is attached to the 10-14 rounds.

4 Sew the eyes.

5 Sew the hands.

Sew the hands to the 12th round at the sides.

6 Sew the braids of the gnome-girl.

7 Sew the caps.

Thank you for your interest in my work.

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